TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS BY ROAD AND RAIL (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
131Prime contractor's duties
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131 Prime contractor's duties (c) the vehicle is broken-down or otherwise immobilised on a (d) the person fails to ensure the vehicle is, as soon as practicable: (i) repaired so that it can be driven safely off the road; or (ii) towed to a place where it can be repaired. (c) knows, or ought reasonably to know, of the breakdown or immobilisation; and (d) intentionally fails to ensure the vehicle is repaired or towed as soon as practicable. (c) the vehicle is broken-down or otherwise immobilised on a (d) the person fails to: (i) remove the dangerous goods from the road vehicle before the road vehicle is repaired or towed; and
Regulations 2011 103 (ii) transport the dangerous goods from the place of the breakdown or immobilisation. (c) knows, or ought reasonably to know, of the breakdown or immobilisation; and (d) intentionally fails to remove and transport the dangerous (3) Subregulation (2) does not apply if the risk involved in complying with subregulation (2)(d) is greater than the risk involved in not doing so. (4) A prime contractor must ensure that a vehicle containing a placard load that is broken-down or otherwise immobilised on a road is towed by a person who: (a) holds a dangerous goods driver licence that authorises the driver of the tow truck to drive a vehicle with those (b) is accompanied in the cabin of the tow truck by a person who holds a dangerous goods driver licence that authorises the accompanying person to drive a vehicle with those dangerous goods. (5) A person commits an offence if the person: (b) fails to comply with subregulation (4). (6) An offence against subregulation (5) is an offence of strict
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